I will teach you how to cultivate immortality

Chapter 44, End of Volume: Faith from a Thousand Years Ago
The next day, at the mountain god temple on Feilai Peak.

After passing through the main hall, a complex of buildings covering several hundred square meters comes into view.

On the right side of the building complex, in a secluded courtyard, Xi Luo was talking with Li Boyang and Da Yatou.

"So, the bull-headed man left without saying anything?"

After staring at Li Boyang with a strange expression for a long time, Xi Luo finally lowered her voice and asked.

"And He left this huge problem to you?"

Following Xi Luo's gaze, one could see the Prison Soul Cauldron standing prominently in the center of the courtyard.

The seemingly inextinguishable flames of alchemy were now burning fiercely in the furnace.

"To be precise, it should be 'spoils of war'."

After correcting Xi Luo's statement, Li Boyang also looked at the Prison Soul Cauldron with some worry.

If it were a typical novel protagonist, regardless of whether the item was useful or not, it would be good to keep it as a collectible.

However, Li Boyang never overestimated his own abilities.

They dislike collecting dangerous items that are obviously "bombs".

If a ghost that died young is so difficult to deal with, then the Prison Soul Cauldron that can forge such a ghost is even more troublesome.

When Li Boyang opened his third eye between his eyebrows, he could clearly see the colorful primordial energy surging into the Prison Soul Cauldron.

The ever-burning elixir fire was fueled by that primordial energy.

Thinking about the black mist that emerged after the Prison Soul Cauldron was overturned, Li Boyang had the illusion that he was holding a time bomb.

If the Soul-Piercing Cauldron were to overturn again, it would truly be a catastrophe for all living beings.

In fact, it was precisely because of these concerns that Li Boyang chose to place the Prison Soul Cauldron on Flying Peak.

At least, Xi Luo is here to help keep an eye on things—although this mountain god is also not very reliable.

"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I have a feeling that this thing is alive..."

Li Boyang reached out and slapped the young girl who was trying to touch the Soul Cauldron, then glared at her in annoyance.

Li Boyang was currently being carried on the back of the eldest maid, so he could clearly see all of the maid's actions.

"Live?"

Looking at Li Boyang with some surprise, Xi Luo blinked her eyes, slightly confused.

"Hmm, not the 'living' of that kind of creature..."

"It's that feeling of 'treasure having a spirit,' it makes me feel like it's choosing its own owner."

"If you forcefully use the Soul-Piercing Cauldron without gaining its approval, you'll most likely end up like the Ghost Owl..."

After Li Boyang said that, Xi Luo looked at the Prison Soul Cauldron with a more wary gaze.

The treatment of a powerful treasure and a treasure that actively brings misfortune to its owner is naturally incomparable.

Even Xi Luo, who has a collecting obsession, keeps her distance from such treasures.

"Then why did you bring it back?"

"Aren't you afraid that one day it will set my Flying Peak on fire too?"

Staring intently at Li Boyang with wide eyes, Xi Luo's tone was full of complaint.

"There's nothing I can do about it. You can't expect me to just leave the Soul-Piercing Cauldron in Black Cloud Marsh, can you?"

Li Boyang's voice was still childish, but his expression was unusually firm.

"Moreover, this Soul-Piercing Cauldron is not just Youxiao's treasure."

"According to that bull-headed man, the Soul-Piercing Cauldron is a national treasure of the Ghost Fang Kingdom..."

"If we don't hide it, who knows what dangerous people we'll attract." As he said this, Li Boyang gently tossed the Heavenly Fate Bone Armor in his hand into the air and caught it.

"Will it really attract some dangerous creatures?"

Xi Luo's eyes widened even more as she stared at the Heavenly Fate Bone Armor facing upwards.

"Originally, this would have attracted some ruthless individuals, but now the risk has decreased."

Looking thoughtfully at the Destiny Bone Armor in his hand, Li Boyang gave a somewhat uncertain answer.

This is where the flaws of the Destiny Bone Armor, this divine divination artifact, become apparent.

Li Boyang knew nothing about the Ghost Fang Kingdom, nor did he know the specific origin and capabilities of the Prison Soul Cauldron.

Therefore, his divination can only be based on himself, predicting whether he and Feilaifeng will face a crisis because of the Prison Soul Cauldron.

As for more details?
Unless Li Boyang truly mastered the "Nine Chapters on Divination Secrets" and possessed the knowledge and ability to see the essence through phenomena, he would not be able to conduct further divination and prediction.

"What exactly is the situation with that Shadow Owl?"

"And what is the identity of that high priest of the Ghost Fang Kingdom?"

"Logically speaking, someone who possesses a vital national asset shouldn't have disappeared for so long without anyone looking for him, right?"

Xi Luo's confusion is also Li Boyang's question.

Why has the Ghost Owl been missing for so long, yet no one from the Ghost Kingdom has come to search for this high priest?
"The Shadow Owl... seems to be a traitor from the Ghost Fang Kingdom?"

His gaze gradually deepened, and at this moment, Li Boyang's primordial spirit reflected his memories from before his reincarnation.

At that time, Li Boyang had just transmigrated to this unfamiliar world, but was pierced through the heart by Youxiao's sword and then his head was cut off.

In the moments before his death, Li Boyang seemed to see a look of panic and astonishment on Youxiao's face.

Obviously, the owl had no idea that someone would appear in the forest where it was hiding.

What Youxiao didn't expect was that the person who came was not a pursuer from the Ghost Fang Kingdom, but a mortal who was weak and powerless, and looked even weaker than the average mountain dweller.

After that, Li Boyang's memories seamlessly transitioned to the time when he was refined into the sword spirit of the Divine Firmament Sword.

The primordial spirit can help Li Boyang sort out his past memories, but it cannot fabricate memories that do not exist out of thin air.

The time from when the physical body is killed to when it becomes a sword spirit.

Li Boyang was unconscious throughout the entire process, so naturally he couldn't know what had happened.

"A traitor from the Ghost Fang Kingdom?"

"The high priest of a nation has become a traitor?"

Xi Luo didn't doubt Li Boyang's judgment; she was simply shocked by this outrageous news.

"Don't always make such a fuss..."

"Tell me, what exactly is going on with this Ghost Kingdom?"

The shock of Xi Luo was interrupted with a sense of helplessness.

Li Boyang now only wants to know more information and intelligence related to the Guifang Kingdom.

The more Li Boyang learned about the world, the more he realized that it was unlike any other era he knew.

Now, he couldn't even be sure whether the Ghost Fang Kingdom and the Hundred Mountains where he was currently located had any subordinate relationship.

Or more precisely, to which faction do the mountain villages near the Hundred Mountains belong?

"As you know, I haven't left here for a long time. My understanding of the Ghost Fang Kingdom is still stuck a thousand years ago..."

"Back then, the Guifang Kingdom was just the Guifang tribe, a small tribe that my sister encountered during her migration that specifically worshipped the 'Houtian Clan'..."

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(End of this chapter)